24 year-old Athlete found dead in Iten

A 24-years old Kenyan-born Bahranian athlete Damaris Muthee Mutua has been found dead in Iten, Elgeiyo Marakwet County. It is alleged that the athlete was killed by her foreign lover who is believed to have fled to Ethiopia. Confirming the incident, Keiyo North police commander Tom Makori said the deceased might have been killed several days ago adding that the incident took place when the deceased visited her foreign lover at his rented house at Lilies estate, which is almost a kilometer from Iten police station.   “We are waiting for the scene of crime unit to process the scene which is a rented house. Even neighbours did not know about the incident because it was the police acting on information received about the killing," said the police commander   Makori said Ms Mutua, who is a long distance runner, was last seen in the company of her boyfriend within Iten. He said they received the information from a suspect’s friend whom he called him informing him about the incident. “We have every reason to believe the boyfriend is the one who committed the act because he has since fled the country and there is a body in his house,” he said. About seven months ago, the lifeless body of a former world record holder and two-time world championship bronze medalist Agnes Tirop was found at her home in Iten after being stabbed to death. Her husband who was the key suspect was arrested as he tried to flee to a neighboring country.